December 14, 2010
New StorMax-X1 delivers performance scalability, extreme density and high throughput with robust management features
FREMONT, Calif., Dec. 14 -- AMAX, a leading HPC and storage solutions innovator, today announced the availability of the new StorMax-X1 scalable NAS storage solution. The StorMax-X1 is ideal for multi-petabyte rich media and content sharing platforms that integrate the latest computing technologies requiring performance scalability, extreme density and high throughput computing with robust storage-management features.
StorMax-X1's efficient design provides a petabyte of raw capacity in a single, floor-tile sized footprint, and is capable of additional capacity without disruption to create massive storage pools. The NAS storage solution delivers true linear scalability, scaling to hundreds of petabytes by adding new nodes with just a few mouse clicks. By utilizing an extremely high-density JBOD storage, the StorMax-X1 is expandable up to 516 hot-swappable 3.5" SATA or SAS HDD/SSD drives per 42U standard rack cabinet. It offers customers performance scalability, flexibility and maximum efficiency at a large-scale for applications from in-memory databases to a diverse set of data and petabyte-scale storage-intensive HPC applications.
"The StorMax-X1 was developed in cooperation with our datacenter customers that required robust storage management, better resource utilization and centralized data protection," said Winston Tang, product development manager for AMAX. "StorMax-X1 is a multi-petabyte capacity solution for managing massive amounts of data driven by rich media and social digital content demanded by content sharing platforms such as YouTube and Facebook."
For more information on AMAX products and services, visit http://www.amax.com.
About AMAX
Founded in 1979, AMAX is a leading innovator of high performance computing and storage solutions. The company applies a unique combination of engineering expertise with an open standards-based approach to dramatically increase IT infrastructure ROI for a broad range of customers. Global organizations, including some of the world's best-known brands, use AMAX offerings to solve complex computing challenges, meet product development demands, integrate virtualization applications, reduce energy consumption, and stay competitive. AMAX is proud to be ISO 9001 Certified and China Compulsory Certified. The company headquarters is in Fremont, Calif., with offices in Richardson, Texas, Taipei, Taiwan, and Suzhou and Shanghai, China. For more information on products and services, go to http://www.amax.com.
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Source: AMAX Information Technologies
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